Scott: Increase education funding by $1.2 billion

Gov. Rick Scott told the media gathered for the Associated Press' pre-legislative gather that tomorrow is budget day in Florida, and his spending plan will propose an education funding increase of $1.2 billion.

Scott has already announced a plan to offer every teacher in the state a $2,500 raise, at a cost of $480 million. The rest of the money would accommodate growing enrollment in Florida's public schools, and increase spending by $400 per student.

Scott also said he intends to take more companies off the corporate income tax rolls and eliminate the state's sales tax on manufacturing equipment.

He did not say whether he would cut spending on health care to pay for those things, or whether he would accept the federal funding for the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. Those answers, he said, would come tomorrow.

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Scott: Increase education funding by $1.2 billion

Gov. Rick Scott told the media gathered for the Associated Press' pre-legislative gather that tomorrow is budget day in Florida, and his spending plan will propose an education funding increase of $1.